From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 13:34:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D7716A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:34:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (freshaire.wiz.com [66.143.183.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F233943D31 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:34:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@wiz.com) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hBQLYSdD000837 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:34:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from marc@freshaire.wiz.com) Received: (from marc@localhost) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hBQLYSHI000836 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:34:28 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:34:28 -0600 From: Marc Wiz To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20031226213428.GB99981@wiz.com> References: <1072472355.3feca12314771@vmail.3dresearch.com> <200312262206.51975@harrymail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312262206.51975@harrymail> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: VIA Tech Mini-ITX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:34:31 -0000 On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 10:06:43PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Friday 26 December 2003 21:59, Anclo wrote: > > I'm considering to build a small VIA Tech Mini-ITX system using the C3 800 > > MHz motherboard/CPU or the Eden 533 MHz. This box would serve as a > > gateway/router. > > > > Has anyone have experience with VIA Tech Mini-ITX motherboards? I'd like to > > use it to run 4.9-RELEASE. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated - I'd hate to find out that there is no > > FreeBSD driver for the built-in network card... > > I'm using a older C3 800 miniITX without any problem. > AFAIK even the latest miniITX has the "VIA Rhine" chipset for ethernet. Also > the PLE266 should work, but of course you cannot use the mpeg2 decoder. Don't > know any OS which could make use of it. There are patches for Linux to use the hardware MPEG-2 decoder. Check out http://www.linitx.org I have the board with the 1 Ghz chip but haven't tried FreeBSD yet. Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.